{"id":560,"date":"2015-12-06T17:28:25","date_gmt":"2015-12-06T06:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/?post_type=article&#038;p=560"},"modified":"2022-12-01T19:45:16","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T08:45:16","slug":"imac-typing-random-characters-by-itself-even-after-replacing-wireless-keyboard","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/article\/imac-typing-random-characters-by-itself-even-after-replacing-wireless-keyboard\/","title":{"rendered":"iMac Typing Random Characters By Itself Even After Replacing Wireless Keyboard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A common problem that can occur with any computer is a keyboard malfunctioning and typing random characters. \u00a0There can be other reasons why characters are being randomly typed on your computer but a faulty keyboard is usually the main culprit.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Mac-Typing-Random-Characters.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-561\" data-original=\"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Mac-Typing-Random-Characters.png\" alt=\"Mac-Typing-Random-Characters\" width=\"223\" height=\"159\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On your Apple iMac you might find that even after replacing a Wireless Keyboard with another one or trying a standard USB keyboard the problem still exists.<\/p>\n<p>You have also unplugged all other USB devices from your Mac whilst troubleshooting.<\/p>\n<h2>Resolution<\/h2>\n<p>Ensure that the suspected faulty Wireless keyboard has been disconnected from the iMac by turning it off (holding down the power button on the right hand side) or un-pairing it in the Bluetooth Settings. \u00a0If connecting\u00a0a new Wireless Keyboard you may automatically assume that the old one automatically disconnects which is not the case. \u00a0It is possible to have more than one Wireless Keyboard connected to your iMac at the same time.<\/p>\n<div style='text-align:left' class='yasr-auto-insert-visitor'><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A common problem that can occur with any computer is a keyboard malfunctioning and typing random characters. \u00a0There can be other reasons why characters are being randomly typed on your computer but a faulty keyboard is usually the main culprit. On your Apple iMac you might find that even after replacing a Wireless Keyboard with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","article-category":[25],"article-tag":[450,449],"class_list":["post-560","article","type-article","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","article-category-apple-mac","article-tag-imac-typing-strange-characters","article-tag-mac-keyboard-typing-random-characters"],"yasr_visitor_votes":{"stars_attributes":{"read_only":false,"span_bottom":false},"number_of_votes":7,"sum_votes":20},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/560\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article-category?post=560"},{"taxonomy":"article-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article-tag?post=560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}